Family caregivers of people with dementia
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention group was asked to use the positive diary for four weeks.
The control group was asked to keep a record of each meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) for four weeks.
Sponsors
Tokyo Center for Dementia Care Research and Practices
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria specified that participants had to be family caregivers (primary caregivers) of PWD at home, could write a diary, and consented to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who could not maintain diary or whose care recipients were in an unstable health condition were excluded from participating. The discontinuance criteria specified that participants who could no longer continue writing a diary (for whatever reason), or whose care recipients experienced changes in dementia or psychotropic medications changed, or whose types of case services using changed had to withdraw from the research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neuropsychiatric Inventory Caregiver Distress Scale (NPI-D) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) Short version of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI_8) Caregiving Gratification Scale (CGS) Dementia Caregiver Positive Feelings Scale 21-item version (DCPFS-21) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTaiga Fuju
Tokyo Center for Dementia Care Research and Practices Research Department
Outcome results
None listed